Fountain models (terracotta)

Name of structure: Fountain models (terracotta)
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: ex-voto objects
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Calabria
City or area within region: Prehistoric cave near Locri
Date of structure:
Century of structure 1:
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Found among a number of ex-voto objects
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: 11 terracotta models of fountains or nymphaea, decorated and some encrusted with shells
Date of mosaic: 3rd century BC
Century of mosaic 1: 3 BCE
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: No
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), p. 44
See also:
Arias, Palladio 5 (1941), 193-206
Arias, Le Arti 3 (1941), 177-80
Arias, NSc (1946), 157-61, figs 23-32
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 33-34, 53, figs 3-10

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Comments: Now in National Museum, Reggio Calabria

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